Cancelling a Pre-Authorized Debit mandate or payment request for GoCardless
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If you’ve set up a Pre-Authorized Debit in error, or a customer has chosen to pay using a different method you may need to cancel the Pre-Authorized Debit mandate or cancel the direct debit payment request for a certain invoice or recurring invoices.

Cancelling a payment request in GoCardless

Cancelling a Mandate in GoCardless

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In Sage Accounting, you can cancel a mandate for a customer. This prevents further direct debits from the customer and pauses all active recurring invoices, prompting corrective action.

Before you start

Consider the following information:

  • If you cancel the Pre-Authorized Debit payment request for an invoice, you can't raise another request against the same invoice. Create a new invoice with a future date and reverse the original invoice with a credit note or use account allocation to allocate a payment from a different bank account.
  • If you cancel the customer's mandate, the recurring invoice template will be paused. If an invoice was issued before the cancellation, the payment may still be collected and included in a payout. If not collected and paid out, create a new invoice with a future due date and reverse the original invoice with a credit note.

Cancel a mandate from the Customer Contact 

  1. Go to Contacts, then Customers.
  2. Locate and click on the customer contact.
  3. Select the Payment Details tab.
  4. Under Payment Services, click Cancel.
  5. Confirm by clicking Confirm.

Once confirmed, the GoCardless mandate cancels, and a confirmation appears at the top of the page.


Cancel a mandate from the GoCardless dashboard 

  1. Go to Settings, then click Apps and Connections.
  2. Select GoCardless.
  3. Search for the customer you want to cancel the mandate for.
  4. Click Actions, then select Cancel Mandate.
  5. Confirm by clicking Confirm.

Once confirmed, the GoCardless mandate cancels, and a confirmation appears at the top of the page.

If you wish to cancel a payment for a particular invoice, login to your GoCardless account and follow Cancel a payment.

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